How about a natural way to clean the toilet bowl? Mix 1/4 cup baking soda and 1 cup vinegar, pour into toilet and let it fizz for a few minutes. Then scrub it with a brush, and flush. Sparkly clean, saves the environment, and a few dollars too!
While camping last weekend our editor inadvertently sealed her kids in a tent together with about 50 hungry mosquitoes. Needless to say she spent a lot of time looking for itch relief. One of the best? A plain bar of bath soap, rubbed directly on the bite. Natural remedy! (Though we still recommend keeping the mosquitoes OUT of the tent.)
Half-empty bottle of wine with a missing cork? No problem. Soften a taper candle in the microwave for 3-5 seconds. Cut one inch off the end and “Voila!” ready-made cork. (Of course, our friends over at Moms Who Need Wine would say — “who would leave half a bottle of wine?”)
Have you ever put a small child on a public potty — the kind with the automatic flusher — and had it flush while your child is sitting on it? Only to send him/her into a state of sheer panic? Well here’s a tip to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Carry a pad of post-it notes with you in your bag. When your child gets on the potty, put a post-it note over the infrared sensor. The sensor will be fooled, and your trip to the potty will be freak-out free.
Want to stop the pup from chewing on your favorite flowers? Sprinkle them with cayenne pepper. This sneezy spice acts as a repellant for dogs — and may other mammals, too.
How about a natural way to clean the toilet bowl? Mix 1/4 cup baking soda and 1 cup vinegar, pour into toilet and let it fizz for a few minutes. Then scrub it with a brush, and flush. Sparkly clean, saves the environment, and a few dollars too!